Rainbow Bridge: Ximen Bao, the Governor of Ye [Starter Level - 150 Words]. ISBN: 9787513810227

Chinese Title: “彩虹桥” 汉语分级读物 西门豹治邺 (入门级:150词)
English Title: Rainbow Bridge Graded Chinese Reader: Ximen Bao, the Governor of Ye (Starter Level - 150 words)
ISBN-10: 7-51-381022-2, 7513810222
ISBN-13: 978-7-51-381022-7, 9787513810227
Series: Rainbow Bridge Graded Chinese Reader (彩虹桥汉语分级读物)
Level: Starter Level 150 words (HSK 1, A1)
Pages: 35
Binding: softcover
Shipping Weight:
Size: 146mm x 210mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin (vocabulary only), English
Year of Publication: 2016
Publisher: Sinolingua (话语教学出版社)

Ximen Bao was appointed governor of a place named Ye. He found out that each year, the local officials and dignitaries and a witch would select a girl from an ordinary family and throw her into the river to “marry” the river god. They claimed that if they failed to do so, the river would flood. Ximen Bao decided to look into this matter…
西门豹来到“邺”这个地方做官，发现当地有一个坏习俗，每年都要把一个平民家的姑娘扔到河里，给河里的神灵河伯当媳妇。当地的官绅和巫婆说，如果不给河伯娶媳妇，这里就会发大水。西门豹决心管管这件事……

Rainbow Bridge Starter Level with a vocabulary of 150 words, equivalent to HSK 1 / A1, new words do not make up more than 20% of the vocabulary. With online download of the corresponding MP3-files, the download URL is on our invoice.

Suitable for teaching and self-study. Each volume in the Rainbow Bridge series includes an introduction to the main characters in Chinese and English, new words with English explanations and example sentences, and an English translation of the story, in addition exercises and a vocabulary list help users to better read and understand the story and improve their Chinese reading skills. The exercises are presented mainly as questions that have different forms of moderate difficulty (with answer keys to the exercises).